First terrestrial soft X-ray auroral observation by the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 179-187

  Bhardwaj, Anil ^a   Randall Gladstone, G ^b   Elsner, Ronald F ^a   Østgaard, Nikolai ^c   Hunter Waite Jr , J ^d   Cravens, Thomas E ^e   Chang, Shen Wu ^f   Majeed, Tariq ^d   Metzger, Albert E ^g  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral emissions; Chandra X ray Observatory; Earth's upper atmosphere; Electron bremsstrahlung; Jupiter; X rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONS; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; X RAYS;

AURORAL EMISSIONS; ELECTRON BREMSSTRAHLUNG; X-RAY AURORAL OBSERVATION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 33846453939     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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